![Abdia Lalaikipia stands in front of a white signboard that reads "PACIDA Pastoralist Community Initiative and Development Assistance" and "PACIDA Sambuli Office" in black text. The person is wearing a green shirt and a beige headscarf, and is smiling at the camera.](https://www.ipas.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/7739-A-Abdia-Lalaikipia8412-150x150.jpg)
With a grant from Ipas’s Collaborative Fund, Abdiah Lalaikipian’s organization was able to make meaningful change in northern Kenya’s pastoralist communities. The Collaborative Fund approach involves designing by dialogue. Through a participatory process, we enable communities and Civil Society Organizations to design projects that best address their issues.
![A diverse group of individuals standing in front of a modern building, posing between two standing banners](https://www.ipas.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/New-Project-2-150x150.png)
![A classroom full of students, mostly girls, holding brochures.](https://www.ipas.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Ipas-DRC-gender-equity-9571A-150x150.jpg)
![a group of people sitting at a classroom-style table and listening to a presenter](https://www.ipas.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/0F9A5890-150x150.jpg)
![](https://www.ipas.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/feature-module-default-image-B-150x150.png)
Ipas Africa Southern Region (ASR) joined the world to commemorate the International Day of the Girl Child reflecting on this year’s theme: Invest in Girls’ Rights: Our Leadership, Our Well-being.
The United Nations General Assembly on 19 December 2011, adopted Resolution 66/170 declaring October 11 as the International Day of the Girl Child, recognizing girls’ rights and the unique challenges girls face around the world.
![A diverse group of people, exemplifying disability inclusion, gather for a group photo indoors. Some use wheelchairs while others stand or sit. They are smiling and dressed in colorful attire, arranged in two rows against a backdrop of light-colored walls and curtains.](https://www.ipas.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/9022-A-Disability-inclusion-Nigeria-150x150.jpg)
![A diverse group of people, including men and women in formal attire, pose for a group photo in a well-lit, modern setting with stairs and banners in the background.](https://www.ipas.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/9014-A-DRC-Celbrates-MaputoProtocol-150x150.jpg)
![A reflective urban night scene showcases the words "ABORTION IS FREEDOM" prominently displayed in bright white letters on green wave sections that are part of a structure set against a wet surface, with blurred city lights and buildings in the background.](https://www.ipas.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/New-Project-1-150x150.png)
![](https://www.ipas.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Alliance-SGBV-caravan-Picture2-150x150.jpg)
- 1
- 2